The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12
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Racing Men who win Not Bet al Corr
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Sporting men are noted as being the
most superstitious persons. Those who
bet on horses are all more or less in
fluenced by certain events which they
look upon as omens Of good or III luck.
All these signs they eagerly look for,
and are influenced by them on the way
they place their money on the steeds
whose chances they favor.
mo. I'm not betting to-day" was
the reply OF one of the turfmen, In an
swer to an inquiry from another of his
ilk whether he had bought any pools
on the races.
"Bustedp" was another laconic in.
quiry.
mo, but | laced one of my shoes
up wrong this morning. It's bad
sign. I'll let them alone to-day"
''Are you superstitiousp"
81 frankly confess that / am," he re-
piled. rs he lit cigar, ''and don't
know Of sporting man or gambler
that is not superstitious. and furthermore
i do not believe there Is human being
who is not. OF course. some are more
90 than others; but take gamblers and
horsemen as class and you will find
that each one has his peculiar quilp.
Now, this morning / laced my shoe
mp wrong. If had left it that way Is
would have been q lucky day for me,
but did not. Iunlaced it. and I'll bet
two to one If bought pool on a
horse he would break his neck before
he came under the string"
That's quite interesting. Would
you mind giving me some of your ex-
pericnccp What do you consider a
lucky 0menp" "
'"You want to know what l consider
lucky omen ehp That's just rs the
idea strikes me. used to count white
horses. Surprising that was standing
at the corner of Broadway and Wall
street. I'd take out my watch, when l
had one, and time myself, and count the
number of white horses that turned in
to Wall street from Broadway in five
minutes. would sometimes go on the
odd numbers and sometimes on the
even, Like this: If / made up my
mind on even horses and an even num-
Der went by during the five minutes,
then would be lucky, and vice versa. I"
1--WE heard of gamblers visiting for
tune-tellers for tips. Did you ever WIS.,
Is themp"
"Many a. time. sir. Here's an in
stance. I'm red-hot republican, and
at the time OF the presidential cam
paign was backing Blaine for all ! was
worth, when l went one day to see
fortune teller. Says she: You have
been making foolish bets; 60 and bet
the other way all that you have-all
the money that you can beg or borrow.
l told her was betting on Blaine and
she said Wait Then she went into
another room and came out in about a
minute. Cleveland will be elected as
sure as you sit there in that chair. but
he will never serve his term out. That
was a paralizer, but took stock In II,
for she never fooled me in her life. l
hedged and bet on Grover on her ac-
count, and made $1,000 clear above my
hedges, and of Kelly. the bookmaker.
Here's another instance from the same
woman. had been playing in hard
luck, till had only $l2 left. went
to her and told her how / was fixed,
and that wanted tip on the races.
She told me to read the names OF the
horses. did so, and when / got
through the list she said: 'Tilford Is the
one am sure of bet on Tilford.' l
went down to the track. and when the
horses went to the post there were only
four tickets sold on Tilford. This was
n bonanza. YOU know, IL he won.
bought one IS ticket The track was a
regular duck pond; slush up to the
horses knees. Tilford came in last.
Oh, I forgot he was entered in two
races that day The next race he was
in heard that Mike DAILY, his owner,
wanted to scratch him. but the Judges
would not nave it. This WASH very
encouraging, but stuck to him and
put my last flyer on him. His jockey
famed him with every jump, and
brought him In winner by two
lengths. got five hundred and odd
dollars for my ticket. So much for for
tune -tellers' tips. Some fortune-tellers
are snidc, but take those that are edu-
Gated or have II born naturally In them.
and they get there, as general rule. y
You gamble on cards. do your"
20. yes. make my living as sport
ing mana' ~
docs your superstition affect you in
playing cardsp" TT
YES, indeed. II ! am going 20 play
cards for money always hunt up q
beggar and give him some money for
luck. I have walked sometimes two
miles to find beggar know gam
bier who goes daily to an Italian on
Green street, who has three little cana
ries that tell fortunes by pulling an
envelope out of a pack. He always